Overview As a Tooling Engineer, you will design, validate, and implement tooling and fixtures to enable safe, efficient manufacture of complex aircraft structures. You will work closely with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams to support new product introduction and production scaling on the shop floor. You will analyze tolerances and GD&T, own tool designs in CAD, and ensure tooling enables repeatable assembly across production. You will identify optimal manufacturing methods, investigate root causes, and drive corrective actions to improve process robustness. This role combines hands-on floor support with design ownership to accelerate air vehicle production in a high-stakes
Compensation / Benefits- equity grants
- top-tier benefits
- health and recovery coverage
Responsibilities- Lead and assist air vehicle development to ensure manufacturability and validate processes/technology
- Provide real-time manufacturing floor support, resolving tooling issues and collaborating to improve production
- Perform tolerance stack-up and GD&T analysis to ensure fit, function, and repeatability across production stages
- Own and execute tool designs using CAD
- Communicate tool access and machine access requirements
- Select optimal methods for producing parts, tools, or assemblies
- Conduct root cause investigations and implement corrective actions
Key requirements- 5+ years in production assembly/fabrication for air vehicles (manned or unmanned)
- Ability to distinguish critical design differences between prototype and production tooling
- Experience with tooling requirements for composite manufacturing (lamination, curing, trimming, assembly)
- CAD-based mechanical design proficiency
- Understanding of machining, sheet metal, composites, 3D printing, injection molding, and casting
- BS in Mechanical, Aerospace, or related Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Ability to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance
- CAD design
- NX
- Teamcenter
- GD&T
- tolerance stack-up
- composite manufacturing (lamination, curing, trimming, assembly)
